Door-securing device.



R. HEINZELMAN. DOOR SEGURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1911.

1,026,745,me Patented Maya, 1912.

` A Q zsHEETs-SHBBT 1. %L\ Rwnl I REGINALD HEINZELMAN, 0F BELLEVILLE,ILLINOIS.

DOOR-SECURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Applicationled September 23, 1911. Serial No. 650,977.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I,REGI1\TALD HEINZEL- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Belleville, county of St. Clair,and `State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDoor-Securing Devices,`of which the following is a specification. A

This invention Vrelates to door securing devices and more particularlyto locks for sliding doors and the like for carriages and wagons.

It has for its principal objects to produce a device of simpleconstruction which can be readily applied to the doors of storm buggiesand other vehicles, to produce a device by which the door can be lockedin opened as well as closed position and also at any desired positionbetween the full opened and closed positions, to obviate the rattling ofthev door, andto at-tain certain advantages which will :hereinafter morefully appear. 1

The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,-Figure 1is a longitudinal section through the body of a storm buggy equippedwith a door-locking device according to my invention, a fragmentaryportion -of the body being shown in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a partial rear elevation; Fig. 8 is a fragmentary inside viewof the device, adjacent to the front door post; Fig. 4t is a top planview; Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections taken on the line x-m of Fig.3; and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. l. -1

In thedrawings, the body portion of an ordinary storm buggy 1 is shown.The buggy is provided at opposite sides with sliding doors 2. Therespective doors are provided at their upper edge portions with hangers3 which travel on a horizontal trackway 4L extending along the outerside of the body above the door opening. As shown, the lower sideportion of the body below the seat is undercut or inclined inward, as at5, and the lower portion of the door is turned inward correspondingly.

Hinged on the inner side of the door, as at 6, is la horizontallydisposed flat metal bar 7. This bar is of a length somewhat longer thanthe width of the door so that its opposite end portions extend beyondthe respective side edges of the door. The upper edge portion of the bar7 is adapted to slide in an inverted metal channel member 8 secured tothe outerside of the body and extending from the rear edge of the dooropening to the rear of the seat portion or backof the body, as -the casemay be. The bar is adapted to slidel throughout vthe en tire length ofthe channel member and in the closed position of the door therear endportion of the bar remains within the channel. In the closed Vpositionof the door,`the front end portion of the bar 7 overlaps the front postof the door opening and is adapted to coperate with the inner facethereof or a metal plate or projection 12 provided for the purpose.Pivoted on the front end portionJ of the bar 7 is a leverarm 9 whichworks vin a cam Slot l0 in a bracket memberY 11r secured tothe innerside of the door. .By moving the lever-arm in the cam slot thebar 7 isrocked on its hinges 6. When thesbar is moved toward the door its upperedge portion ismade to bear against the outer flange of the channelmember and also the inner face of the front door post or bearing piece12, as the case may be, so that the lower portion of the door is drawnclose against the outer side of the body. The lever-arm is moved untilthe parts are brought into such close relation that the door is heldagainst endwise movement, and as the lower portion of the door is drawntight against the side of the body, it is prevented from rattling. So,too, the door may be locked partially opened at any position between thefull opened or closed positions.

Obviously, the device admits of considerable modification withoutdeparting from my invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited tothe specific construction and arrangement shown.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the body of a vehicle, of a door slidablymounted thereon, a rocking member extending across the door, a'devicemounted on the body of the vehicle with which said rocking memberslidably engages, and means for actuating saidrocking member to bind itwith respect to said device on the vehicle body.

2. The combination with the body of a vehicle, of a door slidablymounted thereon,

a rocking member extending across the door, a device mounted on the bodyof the vehicle with Which said rocking member slidably engages, meansfor actuating said rocking member to bind it with respect to said deviceon the vehicle body, and means for holding said actuating means to lockthe door. Y

3. The combination With the body of a vehicle having a horizontallydisposed channeled slidevvay thereon, of a door slidably mounted on saidbody, a horizontally disposed flat metal bar hinged at one edge portionto the door, the opposite edge portion of the bar being adapted toslidably engage the channeled slideWay on the body, and means :torrocking said bar on its hinges so that the free edge portion of the baris made to impinge against the side of said slideWay and the door isdrawn close to the side of the body.

4f. The combination with the body of a vehicle having a horizontallydisposed channeled slideway extending along the side thereof, of a doorslidably mounted on said body,a horizontally disposed flat bar hino'edat one edge portion to the door, the free ec ge portion of said barbeing adapted to slide in said channeled slideway, one end portion ofsaid bar being continuously in engagement With said slideWay and theopposite end portion of the bar being adapted to cooperate With theadjacent portionA of the body when the door is in closed position,y andmeans for rocking said bar on its hinges so as to impinge it against thesides of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

channeled slidevvay and portion of the body With which the barcooperates in the closed position of the door.

5. The combination With the body of a vehicle having an elongatedchanneled slide- Way thereon, of a door slidably mounted on said body, aflat bar hinged at one edge to 'said members, one of said members beingmounted on the body and another mounted on the door, one of said membershaving a transverse movement with respect tothe other and being adaptedto clamp it in all positions of the door, and said actuating means beingadapted to actuate and lock said transversely movable member in clampingrelation to the other member.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 19th day of September, 1911.

RE GINALD HEINZELMAN.

Witnesses:

G. A. PENNrNeToN, M. A. SHELTON.

Washington, D. C.

